Baden Airpark
| Baden Airpark Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden | |||
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IATA: FKB – ICAO: EDSB
  FKB | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Baden-Airpark GmbH | ||
| Serves | Baden-Baden and Karlsruhe | ||
| Location | Rheinmünster, Germany | ||
| Focus city for | Ryanair | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 408 ft / 124 m | ||
| Coordinates | 48°46′46″N 008°04′50″E / 48.77944°N 8.08056°ECoordinates: 48°46′46″N 008°04′50″E / 48.77944°N 8.08056°E | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| 03/21 | 3,060 | 10,040 | Asphalt |
| Helipads | |||
| Number | Length | Surface | |
| m | ft | ||
| H1 | 3,060 | 10,040 | Asphalt |
| Source: German AIP at EUROCONTROL[1] airport website[2] | |||
Baden Airpark (IATA: FKB, ICAO: EDSB), or Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden in German, is a minor international airport located in Rheinmünster in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, 40 km (25 mi) south of Karlsruhe, 12 km (7.5 mi) west[1] of Baden-Baden and 25 km (16 mi) north of Strasbourg, France. In 2010, it was the second-largest airport in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart Airport, and the 18th-largest in Germany with 1,192,894 passengers per year.[3] It features low-cost and leisure flights.
History
The construction of a military airfield began in December 1951 at a location between the Black Forest and the Rhine River under the supervision of French Air Force. The runway and associated facilities were completed by June 1952. The airfield was granted to Canadian forces and became a military base, RCAF Station Baden-Soellingen, later renamed CFB Baden-Soellingen, from 1953 until 1994.[4]
The newly founded Baden Airpark GmbH took over the former military to develop it into a regional airport.[4] Technically the airport itself today is part of the actual Baden Airpark, which also includes business facilities.[5]
The first commercial flight from Hapag-Lloyd Flug (now TUIfly) took place in April 2001. In 2008 the airport counted over one million passengers within a year for the first time.[4]
On 25 October 2011 Ryanair announced it would open its 47th base at Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden in March 2012 with two based aircraft and 20 routes. In addition to Ryanair’s then existing 12 routes Ryanair opened seven additional routes to Faro, Malaga, Palma, Riga, Thessaloniki, Vilnius and Zadar.[6]
Facilities
Baden Airpark consists of one passenger terminal building equipped with 20 check-in counters and eight departure gates as well as some shops and restaurants.[7] The apron features eight aircraft stands of which most can be used by mid-sized aircraft such as the Boeing 737. Due to the location of the terminal building busses are used for boarding.
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Berlin | Berlin-Tegel Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca, Rimini |
| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal charter: Antalya |
| Germania | Funchal, Lanzarote, Moscow-Domodedovo[8] Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Tenerife-South |
| Germanwings operated by Eurowings | Hamburg (begins 1 April 2014)[9] |
| Hamburg Airways | Seasonal charter: Antalya |
| Ryanair | Alicante, Bari, Cagliari, Girona, Gran Canaria, London-Stansted, Málaga, Porto, Tenerife-South Seasonal: Lanzarote (begins 3 April 2014), Palma de Mallorca, Thessaloniki, Trapani, Zadar |
| Tunisair | Seasonal charter: Enfidha |
The nearest other commercial airport is Strasbourg International Airport in France, located around 40 km (25 mi) to the southwest.
Ground transportation
The airport can be reached via motorway A5 which leads from Hesse to Switzerland (Exit Baden-Baden). There are local bus connections to Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Baden-Baden and Rastatt as well as their respective train stations.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 EAD Basic
- ↑ Baden Airpark, official site
- ↑ Traffic statistics Airport Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 baden-airpark.de - Unternehmen (in German)
- ↑ http://www.baden-airpark.de/business-und-gewerbepark.html
- ↑ airliners.de (in German)
- ↑ http://www.baden-airpark.de/service-am-fkb.html
- ↑ http://www.flygermania.de/download/file/Sommerflugplan_2014_V20131010.pdf
- ↑ http://www.austrianaviation.net/news-regional/news-detail/datum/2013/12/18/germanwings-greift-intersky-an.html
- ↑ http://www.baden-airpark.de/anreise-und-parken.html
External links
Media related to Baden Airpark at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Accident history for FKB at Aviation Safety Network
- Current weather for EDSB at NOAA/NWS
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